Testing Writing Skills for Fourth Grade English Department
Enhance writing skills for fourth-grade English students focusing on mechanics like handwriting, spelling, capitalization, and editing. Learn testing techniques and features of handwriting assessment for better writing proficiency.
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TESTING WRITING SKILLS Fourth grade English department College of Education ((for hum sciences)) Lecture 9 Asst.prof.Dr.Zainab Al-sadi
10.3 TESTING MECHANICS OF WRITING Mechanics of writing includes: A) handwriting, B) spelling, C) and capitalization, and D) editing, which is considered an overall measure of knowledge of vocabulary, grammatical structures, spelling and punctuation. Closed-ended or res response tests are the normal format for testing the mechanics writing. The testing techniques involve multiple-choice, true/false gap filling, and error recognition. Above these and for a higher level come dictation and editing.
10.3.1 TESTING HANDWRITING Handwriting tests assess control of the alphabet or characters of the target language. The testees are given some printed words or sentences to copy in script, and their writing is assessed according to the following features: a) Proper spacing Spacing is the distance between the letters of one word or between words in sentences Spaces should be even otherwise meaning will be affected. Unequal spacing results in confusion in meaning as in ahead, a head. b) Correct size of the letters English letters have two forms: capital and small. All capital letters (also called UPPER CASE LETTERS) have two sizes upwards like D, M, Z, etc. Small letters (also called lower case letters), on the other hand, are divided into three categories: 1. One size upwards as in: a, c, e, i, m, n, o, r, s, etc. 2. Two sizes upwards as in: b, d, h, f ,l ,t, etc. (the letter t is usually shorter than the rest of its category, and 3. Two sizes downwards as in g. i. p, q, and y.
c) Proper alignment Writing should be on a base line not between the lines whether the line is imaginary or real. d) Legibility Legibility refers to writing clearly and keeping the distinctive features of each letter so that writing can be read easily and the reader can tell the difference between the letters, for example the pairs: (a and o), or (n and u), or (m and w). The testees should avoid ornamenting his writing such as dotting an i with a circle, using a circle for a period or decorating letters. Finally, the lines should not be crowded. e) Cleanliness Cleanliness Students' handwriting should be kept clean and tidy.
